The Midday Sun

When I was a child, my father, an extravagant man who believed in extravagant holidays, took us t...

This summer we escaped to Limehouse. The East End of London isn’t what it used to be. In the birt...

In the first newsletter I promised to reveal the origins of Mad Dogs. It was the summer of 1991 a...

It’s my birthday this month and, no, I won’t be doing anything special. Next year at 75 there wil...

High up above the hostess desk at Mad Dogs is a Smiths poster signed by Morrissey. I am told it’s...

I was recently taken to dinner at Predalina, one of our partner's other restaurants. It was a sub...

When Mad Dogs opened its doors in its original location our neighbor was the pizzeria Parranellis...

There is a pub in Henley on Thames where it's said George Harrison, who lived on the edge of that...

So how do you like it so far? The pub on the corner? I got talked into doing this newsletter by o...